μῦθοι Mythoi
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  • MaoriClark 16.
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Filed under Raising of the sky. Originally the sky is near the earth (usually because of the conjunction of the sky-father and earth-mother). It is raised to its present place.

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Heaven and earth originally connected by navel string. Navel string cutWhy the sky receded upward: it was struck by a woman's pestleRaising the sky: striking with broom. Old woman's hump strikes clouds as she sweeps. She strikes at sky with broom and thus raises itAfter sky is lifted, plants and shrubs begin to grow

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